As time went by, my excitement of driving wore of. So I 1the 21-day Mindful Walking Challenge and began to walk. And when you measure(测量) the distance between towns on foot, walk to places that you thought could only be reached by car, or talk to neighbors with whom you never felt 2to communicate, it will change your mind!

    I talked to the new neighbor next door who just had a baby, and two different gardeners on different days while walking. I listened to their 3in gardening after a tiring day. I 4 everyone passing by me. A friend walked with me one day and held my hand as I closed my eyes to experience being 5. We stopped frequently(频繁地)6I could take mental pictures about all the beauty I often missed on my busy days, a purple flower, a tree branch 7shining green leaves, a bird's nest... We stopped by a persimmon(柿子) tree and met the owner and her two kids. Her family moved here from Germany three months ago. We asked if we could 8some persimmons. "Yes, please. I don't know what to do with 9," she said. I walked to the streets that I 10 would not pass through if I had a tight schedule in mind, and 11a tiny free library on the sidewalk. I began to 12 if I had really lived in this town all these years. It's a13 new town that I know so little about!

    I hold deep14 for the 21-day Mindful walking Challenge hosted by Nicole Huguenin. One day, my 15 might reach far lands again, yet I know wonder is right here and right now.

    Matt was kind of short and skinny and he was a very kind kid. But Mati was always bulled(恐吓) by a big kid named Woody. He never complained to anyone about Woody. But deep inside, he knew that one day he'd stand up to him and get him back for all the things he did to him.

    One day, Matt was relaxing and reading a book in the backyard, when he noticed that his dog Marry was digging under one of the trees in the backyard. At last, Marty found a tiny wooden box, and then Matt opened it. He was surprised to find a little, funny-looking hat in it. Matt put the hat on his head and ran to the house to show it to his mom. To his surprise, his mom didn't notice him and hear what he said. Matt realized that the hat was some kind of a magic hat.

    Then Matt decided to get back to his school to bully Woody. He walked into the school building and put the hat on his head. Soon after he saw Woody, he ran towards him and stuck his toot in front of him, and tripped him. Woody jumped up, looked around to see what he tripped on, but found nothing close to him. Then Matt pulled Woody's bag off and threw it on the floor. At this point, Woody started to feel frightened, because he didn't know what was going on, but he knew that something was wrong. At last, Matt took the hat off and came back to comfort Woody and told Woody the secret.

    After Woody tried the hat on, he realized that Matt was telling the truth. Woody said, "Would you be my friend, and lend it to me?" Matt said, "I'll lend it to you, but you have to promise not to mess with anybody, and be a good boy from now on!" Woody agreed. Matt lent him the hat that day, and they became best friends.

    Each year more than 2,500 people die and 12,600 are injured in home fires just in the United States, with direct property(财产) loss because of home fires at about $7.3 billion every year. Every day Americans experience tile horror(惨状) of fires, but most people don't understand fires.

    To protect yourself, it is important to learn something about home fires.

    In less than 30 seconds a small flame can get completely out of control and turn into a major fire. It only takes minutes for thick black smoke to fill a house or for it to be in flames. Most deadly fires occur in the home when people are asleep, lf you realize a fire, you won't have time to take valuables because the fire spreads too quickly and the smoke is too thick. The fire uses up the oxygen you need and produces smoke and poisonous(有毒的) gases that kill. Breathing even small amounts of smoke and toxic gases can make you tired and sleepy, and short of breath. The smoke can cause you to be a deep sleeper before the flames reach your door. You may not wake up in time to escape.

    Room temperatures in a fire can be 100 degrees at floor level and rise to 600 degrees at eye level. Breathing in this super-hot air will burn your lungs. It can melt clothes to your skin. In five minutes, a mom can get so hot that everything in it starts to burn at once.

    Fires are bright at first, but quickly produce black smoke and complete darkness. If you wake up to a fire you may be blinded, confused about where you are or which direction you should go in and unable to find your way around the home you've lived in for years.

    Only when we know the true nature of fires can we prepare our families and ourselves.

    Teaching English is the best way to get paid to travel the world. Flexible(灵活的) hours, paid holidays, and paid accommodations(膳宿) are just some of the reasons why teaching English is fit for those who want to take a gap year abroad.

Flexible Hours!

    Teachers can choose their hours in many teaching abroad programs. So if you want to spend a day walking in the city, taking a cooking class, reading a book, learning a new language, or simply resting under a tree, teaching English gives you that flexibility to let yourself experience the new culture. Tell us what you would do for fun in another country and get a free Teaching English to Young Learners course when you enroll in the advanced 120-hour TESOL certificate course(证书课程)!

Paid Holidays!

    Our paid teaching abroad programs include paid holidays, so you can take a few weeks to travel anywhere in the world.

Save Money to Travel!

    TESOL includes accommodations. Many also provide teachers with transportation and health insurance(保险). When you have all your living expenses paid for, you can use every dollar that you earn when teaching English abroad to have fun and travel!

What are you waiting for? Go Abroad!

    TESOL offers free job placement assistance(就业帮助) to certified teachers. You don't even need a degree in Education or a teaching license to teach English abroad. A TESOL certification is your key to ditching your 9-to-5 job and getting paid to travel the world. The TESOL course will give you all the training that you need to teach English. It only takes 120 hours of TESOL training to get qualified to teach abroad and you can complete the course in 4 weeks!

    Caterpillars (毛虫) are often used as fish bait (鱼饵). However, the creatures may get a better life — they are now set to join the war on plastic wastes.

    Federica Bertocchini is a Spanish scientist. When she's not working in her lab, Bertocchini keeps bees. One day, when she looked at her hives(蜂箱), she found dozens of caterpillars called waxworms(蜡虫). These insects are often used to feed fish. In the wild, however, they live in beehives, feeding on the wax that bees use to build their honeycombs(蜂巢). Bertocchini picked out the caterpillars and put them in a plastic bag. Surprisingly, when she returned to the bag after cleaning out the hives, she found it full of holes. The worms had eaten their way out.

    Bertocchini came up with an interesting question: Were the waxworms digesting(消化) the plastic? Then she got in touch with peers at the University of Cambridge, Paolo Bombelli and Christopher Howe. According to their paper in Current Biology, some chemical or combination of chemicals within the insects can really break down plastics.

    Bertocchini and her colleagues discovered that it took a waxworm about 12 hours to eat up a milligram of plastic shopping bag. However, the scientists warned that it would be at least several years before they release(释放) waxworms into the environment. They want to know if the insects are using the plastic as a food, or just because they want to escape. If they just want to escape, they are going to get fed up very soon. But if they're using it as an energy source, it's a completely different game. Another question lies in the insects' feces(粪便). If the feces turn out to be poisonous, then there will be little point in pursuing(追究) the matter.

    "It's certainly not going to be the case that within six months we've solved the world's plastic problem," said Howe. "l wouldn't want people to think that within a few months, they can start throwing away plastic bags without worrying about it."

    Now we can hardly imagine what the Jewish(犹太人) went through during World War ll. From Anne's diary, we can learn a lot.

    It was just because Anne's family were Jewish that they had to hide away for nearly twenty-five months before they were c       by the German Nazis. At that time, Anne hadn't been able to be outdoors for so long that she had grown crazy about everything to do with n      . For example, she once stayed a       on purpose until half past eleven one evening in order to look at the moon by h      . But as the moon gave far too much light, she didn't dare open a window. And a       time, she happened to be upstairs at dusk when the window was open. She didn't go d       until the window had to be shut. The dark, rainy evening, the w      , the thundering clouds held her entirely in their power, which made her sad. It was the first time in a year and a half that she had seen the night face to face.

    In the United States, lots of young adults are living at home with their parents, according to the Pew Research Center. Pew researchers found that 32 percent of 18-to-34-year-old Americans lived at their        (parent) home in 2014. That is       (high) percentage nationwide since 1940.

    More young adults lived at home with their parents than lived with a husband, wife, or partner in 2014. And students will return home after graduation. Hannah Raines plans to move back in with her parents        she completes her study program at the University. She would like to get a job       (save) money for graduate school(研究生院).

    Raines' parents, Jim and Juli, already have experience with an adult child returning home. Hannah's twin brother, Dakota, returned home last year after the building       he lived in was put up for sale.

    "It was very natural," Jim and Juli said. They thought       (have) their adult children back at home is good for       (they). The only problem is where all four family members should park their cars.

    Experts say younger Americans       (experience) different economic problems than earlier generations. Pay is not keeping up        housing costs or the bigger loans(贷款) many graduating students must pay off after leaving school. So moving home for young adults may be a good       (decide). This will help them to save money or pay off the loans.